Italy’s second round exit at the hands of South Korea in the 2002 World Cup saw the Azzurri’s chickens come home deliciously to roost. Offside decisions may have played their part but after decades of shirt pulling for both club and country, an Italian player was finally penalized; it being significant that this would be at the highest stage. Hence, yesterday’s tug on Daniele De Rossi by Tommy Smith was rightfully punished, even if the former, a man with a dark side to make Dr. Jekyll blush, added to his nefarious reputation in World Cups with a blatant plunge.But Smith’s…
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24: Season Review, Part Three: IPS to NEW
Four clubs whose fans will regard any spell in the second echelon as purgatory are the next on our assessment sheet. All, remember, have competed in European competition within recent memory and will feel they don’t belong here. Genuine national personalities have peppered the wage bill at this quartet this season, an underlining of the Football League’s central place in British sport.Ipswich TownMuch more was expected of Ipswich Town in 2009-10 and only a post-Christmas process of resurrection saved the season from being labelled a complete disaster. Early on, it was a case of too many draws and too many…
TTU Awards 2009/2010: Flop of the Season
As Csaba Abrahall bemoans in this month’s WSC, Tamás Priskin’s £1.7m move from Watford to Ipswich last August seemed ill-fated from the off; the ungainly Magyar arriving days after reserve team prospect Jordan Rhodes’s unpopular departure to Huddersfield. Watford website BHaPPY described him as the “ugly duckling finally [who had] matured into a swan” a year ago, but such praise has been less than forthcoming at Portman Road where Priskin’s run in the team coincided with Ipswich’s terrible start to the season. A forgettable loan spell at QPR followed once Roy Keane lost patience; this league is replete with flops,…
The Monday Profile: Darren Ambrose
Perhaps a predictable choice for the profile this week but anyone who was able to ignore Mark Bright’s constant sledging of those called upon to replace him in the position of striker for Crystal Palace FC on the Beeb yesterday will have had underlined to them once again how much of a fulcrum the Harlow sired player has been for the Eagles this season. One fact of significance that Bright did recount was the midfielder’s notching of a round score of goals: double that of opponents Sheffield Wednesday’s top scorer. It’s no exaggeration at all to state that Palace are…
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